Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Hempfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,529

Household (median)                                               30,723

Family (median)                                                  36,078

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,136

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,481





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                123

  Elementary or High School                                         538

  College                                                           135



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.9

  High school grad (%)                                             82.1

  College grad (%)                                                 25.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,628

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,093

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    74,011

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.6

  Mean Income                                                    48,249

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    712

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    241

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        13.0





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996